MARK HICKS is the senior partner of Hicks, Porter, Ebenfeld & Stein, P.A., which he co-founded in 1978 as Daniels and Hicks, P.A. Mr. Hicks was born in Lima, Peru on July 28, 1947, graduated from Mercer University in 1969, received his law degree from the Universi­ty of Florida in 1972, and was admitted to the Florida bar in 1972.

Mr. Hicks has extensive experience as an appellate attorney and commercial litigator, and has been involved in hundreds of appeals and complex business litigation matters in the Florida and federal courts, including many seminal cases. He also devotes a significant portion of his practice to the area of insurance coverage and bad faith, and advises carriers from around the country on all aspects of insurance matters. Mr. Hicks has been selected to appear in Best Lawyers in America in the areas of Appellate Law and Commercial Litigation. He was also selected to the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, serves on the Advisory Board of Leading American Attorneys, and is routinely recognized by local publications as one of South Florida's leading attorneys. In 2005, the Daily Business Review recognized Mr. Hicks and partner Dinah Stein as two of South Florida's three "Most Effective Lawyers" in the area of appellate practice for 2005.

Mr. Hicks has served on the Dade County and Florida Bar Appellate Rules Committees, and authored Special Assessments for Local Improvements: A Hazard to the Transfer of Real Property, 24 Universi­ty of Florida Law Review, 1972. Mr. Hicks is fluent in Spanish.